Lenovo's first Ivy Bridge laptop now for sale in the U.S.

The new Ideapad Y480 with Intel Ivy Bridge processor

Lenovo cuts the ribbon on Ivy Bridge-powered laptops while its Thinkpad lineups wait for release.

by Hector De Perio, 2012/05/24

A few weeks ago, Lenovo, now the second largest Windows PC manufacturer, announced their Thinkpad lineup. Online orders remain on hold, and only review units are out in the wild. In the mean time, the Chinese company introduced a new Y-series lineup, the Y480.

Lenovo, and other PC manufacturers, continue to sell notebooks with 2nd Generation Intel processors. HP, the best-selling Windows PC manufacturer, also led the line selling PCs with 3rd Generation Intel processors earlier this month with their DV6 and DV7 notebooks. Other manufacturers, such as Dell, also released 3rd generation Intel-powered processors, but will only start shipping next month.